BOSTON (CBS) – On Wednesday, the Boston Bruins will find out if goaltender Marty Turco has cleared waivers and can join the team for the rest of the regular season.

As of early Wednesday morning, general manager Peter Chiarelli had not heard of any opposing teams putting in a claim on Turco.

“That would be disappointing, because they wouldn’t be able to play Marty. You’re not only hurting us, which I understand the competitive urges, but you have a player here trying to prolong his career,” Chiarelli told 98.5 The Sports Hub’s Toucher and Rich.

“If a team wants to pick up the tab on his salary just to make us a little less, that’s fine,” said Chiarelli.

The Bruins will find out at noon if Turco has officially cleared waivers. If a team makes a claim on him, Turco would not even be able to play for them since he did not sign before the trade deadline. One team that is rumored to possibly put in a claim to block the B’s from landing Turco is the Ottawa Senators, who Chiarelli worked for before taking over the Bruins.

When asked if he would take it personally if Ottawa put in a claim on Turco, Chiarelli said, “Yeah, I guess I would.”

If a team does put in a claim though, Chiarelli is confident in the B’s third string goaltender, Anton Khudobin, to step up and fill the void left by Tuukka Rak’s injury.

From ESPN:
The Bruins signed Turco, 36, to a one-year, prorated contract worth $600,000 on Monday, after Bruins backup goalie Tuukka Rask suffered a groin/abdominal injury on Saturday. 1 But even if another team had claimed Turco, he would have been ineligible to play. When Boston signed Turco, Chiarelli placed him on the team's reserve list. Players who are transferred from one reserve list to another after the trade deadline are ineligible to play for the remainder of the season and the playoffs.